Salish Sea Sunday Savings event Oct 2012

October 28, 2012October 29, 2012 / Terrill Welch / 10 Comments

It is here 🙂 The time has come for our annual Salish Sea Sunday Savings Event for Sunday October 28, 2012. There are Oil Paintings; Photography greeting cards, prints and posters; 2013 Calendars and a Book available as part of this special event.

The Event starts now at 9:00 am Pacific Time today and ends 24 hours later at 9:00 am Pacific Time on Monday October 29, 2012.

All work in this event is by painter and photographer Terrill Welch – which is little old me. This event is in appreciation of all you admirers and collectors of my work. The savings event is one of my ways of to say THANK YOU! Last year, I was able to do a few of these events in the late fall. But for this year – this is it. I have another grand-baby due shortly and well, I am sure you understand. But since it is the ONLY Salish Sea Sunday Savings event this year I have added in extra of everything so that you have, lots and lots of choices. In fact if you don’t see what you hoped to see and it is something you have been pining for just ask. Together we might be able to figure something out.

So here we go….

Lets start with the oil paintings which are all available for viewing and purchase in the Artsy Home online gallery. Oh! All special prices for these paintings during the event include free shipping within North America.

“One” 26 x 36 inch oil on canvas

(End of special event update: now available at regular price HERE)

“Early November Sea” 14 x 18 inch oil on canvas

(End of special event update: now available at regular price price HERE)

“Navy Channel Early October” 9 x 12 inch oil on canvas

(End of special event update: now available at regular price HERE)

“Rocks at Sunrise” 8 x 8 inch oil on gessobord with 2 inch deep wood cradle.

(End of special event update: now available at regular price HERE)

“Fruits of Labour” 12 x 12 inch oil on gessobord with 2 inch deep wood cradle.

(End of special event update: This painting is no longer available)

Then there are these two small postcard size paintings that I have never made available for direct purchase in my online gallery. So I am not sure they will stay after today but for now, here they are.

“In the Pinks Flowers” 5 x 7 inch oil on canvas with optional wood floating frame.

(End of special event update: This painting is no longer available )

“Apple Blossom Flowers” 5 x 7 inch oil on canvas with optional wood floating frame.

(End of special event update: This Painting is no longer available)

Now for the Photography – greeting cards, prints and posters which are all available in my Redbubble Storefront.

End of special event update: Images have returned to the regular price.

Just click on the image for a closer look and to purchase your product choice.

“Untold Mystery”

“Mayne Island Japanese Garden” note: this is a paintography image or a photograph rendered digitally as a painting.

“Autumn Sliced with a Tear”

“Dawn in the Field”

“Arbutus Strait of Georgia”

“Window”

“Traveling into the Mist”

“Orange Sun on the Sea” (this is also a paintography image)

“Precious Seconds”

“Crossing in last light- Strait of Georgia from Mayne Island”

and by special request “Quince Still Life”

Finally, there are the 2013 Painting and Photography Calendars – four to choose from. The Calendars have their own post here on Creative Potager which came out earlier this week in order to get us all warmed up to the Salish Sea Sunday Savings event for this year. Here is the link long hand so you are sure find it:

https://creativepotager.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/terrill-welch-painting-and-photography-calendars

Oh what the heck! We might as well throw my book Precious Seconds – Mayne Island in paintings and photographs in here as well.

(End of special event update: This book has returned to its regular price. However, the full book will remain open to viewing indefinitely. )

That is it my friends. Now, I turn it over to you for the next 24 hours to explore and stuff goodies into your online shopping cart at the various locations to your hearts content.

If you have any questions, do feel free to leave a comment on this blog post or email me directly at tawelch@shaw.ca as I won’t be far away and I am most happy to help where I can.
Enjoy! Have fun! And share as you please.

Thank you kindly, as always, for your patronage. Terrill 🙂

Due to the nature of this special event there will be no SPROUT Question today but we will return to our regular programing with the next post.

ONLINE GALLERIES with Terrill Welch paintings include –

Xanadu Studio Gallery for large original paintings

Artsy Home for most original oil paintings currently available

Current Local Mayne Island VENUES –

Green House Restaurant – small original oil paintings

Farm Gate Store – one large painting

And by appointment at Terrill Welch’s home studio

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A Whale of a Story

January 16, 2012January 16, 2012 / Terrill Welch / 20 Comments

I have been out practicing my mountain photography, as some of you might remember, on the beauties across the Strait of Georgia from our lovely Mayne Island. Such is the case on this Saturday January 14, 2012. We didn’t have snow but Vancouver had been gifted with a good dusting as we can see on the coastal mountains.

Such nice a crisp bite to the air and the sea is rolling black gray. There are large thunderous snow clouds moving in billowing mounds overhead.

It is about 3:30 pm and maybe an hour before sunset. I look at the clouds and I look at the mountains and I start to wonder. Could we possibly get a pink sunset and maybe a pink glow on those mountains? I muse for a bit and decide to go over to light house at Georgina Point right at the entrance to Active Pass. This is the best spot to try and set up a tripod and get a good view of the mountains. I get all ready just as the colours start to change. A couple walking their dog come along and visits for a short while. They wanted me to settle an discussion they were having about what I might be photographing. I diplomatically said “a little of everything.” They then wandered off with the dog leaping a head. I went back to watching for the pink to appear on the mountains. David joins me.

Not more than minute goes by when I hear the woman yell “whales!”

Now, if you have ever been anywhere on a B.C. Ferries or on the Gulf Islands when someone yells “whales” you know it gets your attention – no matter how pink the mountains might be about to get. I look down from the coastal giants across the Strait and start scanning the water.

I have never switched the settings on my camera so fast!

Killer Whales or Orcinus orcas – or Orcas for short, seem to be phantoms, smoothly surfacing and disappearing almost as fast as our eyes blink. Catching them in a photograph on the surface when they are traveling is not easy.

I had dreamed and imagined a moment like this but to have it be real – standing there with my camera ready, on the tripod, level, with remote cable shutter release attached. All I had to do was relax and see if I could get the timing down for moving underwater targets that were going to surface some place ahead of where they had just been. That was all. Breathe, Terrill breathe… shoulders down. Look. Relax. Look again. Okay. There. Right there! Got’em!

The whales are relatively close to shore but still a slight reach for my canon Zoom 70-200 mm 1:2.8 L IS II USM lens. I am going to have to trust its clarity and hope for the best. It seemed there was going to be no playing around either. This pod was relaxed and traveling with a purpose. In mid January there wasn’t a whale watching boat in sight. I liked that. Things are all natural and easy. The sea, the whales and David and me.

Oh look here is a cow and calf…

You can see how close they are to the far sandstone reef…

Then they are gone. David and I looked at each other and smile. Chilled but excited. What a moment. Pure magic.

I say “You know they are travelling towards Saturna Island. If we go back to Reef Bay maybe I can catch them in the evening light there.”

David seems slightly more resigned than excited about this idea. But he humours me. Such is love married to a photographer. Off we go.

I was pretty sure they will travel farther off shore and it might be too dark… and I might not see them at all. But it was worth the chance. David decides to wait in the truck and warm up. I am going to have to hand hold the camera as there is no time and limited space to put up the tripod on the reef with the current tide level. Well let’s see what we can do. Are you ready?

There is a fishing boat coming across the Strait.

The light is exquisite. I scan the waters looking from north to south – hoping.

Ah, I catch sight of the first one…

Then the three…

I love when they seem to roll up to the surface like this one…

Then a flip of a tail as if to say good-bye and they are gone to far to capture in a photograph.

I had forgotten all about waiting for a pink sky

and pink mountains…

Now I notice that I am cold, even with my down jacket. My hands are stiff and my arms tired from the weight of hand holding the lens for so long. It is time to go.

One last shot from Oyster Bay and we call it a day.

SPROUT: If you could have a conversation with an Orca what would you say?

SEED: Now I have to tell you the whole story. Orcas or Killer Whales are not really whales. They are the largest of the dolphin family. There are 3 different kinds of orcas: resident, transient, and offshore. I think these might be one of the resident pods but I am not sure as I know so little about them.

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Meet me at the Salish Sea for Sunrise

January 15, 2012 / Terrill Welch / 12 Comments

I wish I had an easy way to settle us into this early morning adventure but the sun is getting up earlier and we are greeted immediately with a mauve Salish Sea sunrise.

(image may be purchased HERE)

Let’s get Miss Prissy stopped and get that camera out! Quick! We have some photographs to take. Careful though, there is frost and things are a might slippery.

Oh look now! Such a splendid pink.

(image may be purchased HERE)

The tide is high so we will have to stay on high ground. But it looks like there is just enough room to inch over to a comfy spot there and lean on a large sandstone rock. Ah yes, now the mauve and pink are together.

But it will change quickly again. Well, good morning! For a dawn like this, one must clean up don’t you agree?

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And off he goes to test the morning air. Such freedom in this flight at dawn.

(image may be purchased HERE)

Circling around and coming back as if on angel wings.

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Breathe in, rest and give thanks for another day with a beautiful dawn on the Salish Sea. Now are you not glad you met me at the Salish Sea for sunrise?

Be sure to join me again tomorrow for a whale of a story.

SPROUT: What gifts of today’s dawn are you thankful for?

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Begin 2012 with what you have – oil painting in progress

January 1, 2012 / Terrill Welch / 8 Comments

I am hoping to get down to the seashore for dawn but the rain has arrived first. So, refusing to be left empty-handed on the first morning of the year, I have decided to share a detail from a painting in progress.

The over all painting is still not settled on the canvas yet but I like this part of it.

SPROUT: Do you find this sometimes too – where a detail may even become the finished work?

In this case, I think the complete 12 X 12 inch canvas will come together but we shall have to wait and see.

Wishing us all the most inspiring, imaginative, creative and successful 2012!

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Twice Around

December 27, 2011 / Terrill Welch / 12 Comments

Today is twice around the calendar year for Creative Potager. As part of my seasonal rest period, I have not posted for 25 days. It has been almost a month since I entertained a sprout question or gathered together my thoughts for a submission to all you wonderful creative beings. Yet, I have been thinking about Creative Potager – about its purpose and how it provides a sustaining sense of direction and community for me and maybe even for you.

The year of 2011 has seen many paintings completed and photographs captured. There have been interviews and guest post on other blogs. We have entertained special Salish Sea Saving days, home studio tours and seen publications of work in brochures, newspapers and on the glossy front page of a regional magazine Island Gals.

There has been the release of my new book Precious Seconds – Mayne Island in painting and photographs which many of you now have in your possession.

There has been the successful STUDY OF BLUE solo exhibition with more than half of my original oil paintings sold and finding their way to new homes.

I have received recognition for my photography and won several website features. Paintings, books and photography and painting prints, calendars and cards have been sold to buyers around the world. The introduction of Google Plus has offered a whole new community of more than 10,000 artists, photographers and art lovers have “circled” my profile.

I have been invited by a new online Gallery ArtsyHome to show my paintings and my latest original paintings are now easily available for purchase by international buyers.

On all fronts, it has been a creatively successful fine art year for me, one where Creative Potager has been a central connection for sharing my adventures.

However, a question seems to be presenting itself without a satisfying or conclusive answer:

What is next for Creative Potager?

My Google plus has scooped up much of my Twitter community and its micro blogging with gorgeous image capacity makes separate blog posting less of a necessity and in many ways less of a hub for connecting with my much larger Google Plus community. My Facebook has always been about family and closer friends for but it is not really a place of deeper contemplation and creative connection. I link these readers to Creative Potager for this even if they reply on Facebook. Some of you are part of all of my various social platforms. Others connect only here on Creative Potager or in only one or two other networks. So there is always the risk of repeating posts for some of you and of missing out on opportunities for others. Each platform comes with its own time commitment which is starting to take away from, rather than enhance, my actual creative process. I know I must shift and change something.

What should I do?

Some ideas are taking root but nothing has grown large enough to be a distinguishable pattern of lines and shapes. So, though it is the second anniversary of our creative connection here in the blogosphere, we must be patient until such time as the flip-flopping musings inside my head settle into a discernible direction. In the meantime, I shall post more frequently in a micro blogging fashion that is dispersed across my various social networking platforms. As my readers, you can choose your favourite means of connection to engage in our conversations. It matters not really though I do like to see the comments directly on the blog post because they are more lasting here and it is easier to skip through to your own posts.

The “sprout question” will become more sparsely presented as simply “Sprout.”

I shall also add a “Seed” which is a seed for creativity, learning and discover. It is a study element that I am introducing into my upcoming year. I thought you might like to be privy to this “seed planting” as well. “Seeds” shall generally have links and will only share a snippet to entice further exploration.

Possibly, not all posts will have a “seed” or “sprout.” Some may only have a photograph, a paragraph or painting. We shall just have to wait and see. Posts will have no prescribed time of day or days of the week. By now I trust that I shall post regularly. I desire maximum flexibility to create and to connect with a spontaneity that keeps both fresh and engaging and exciting. This is built on my belief and trust that both shall happen without prescription because they do.

Intention: For me, according to the answer to my I Ching question, this is anticipated to be a year of modesty and moderation. It appears to be a time of balancing extremes and harmonizing interests and requires a modest and sincere attitude and the limiting of obvious excesses while exposing myself to new areas of experience. This is also a time of conflict, external or internal, and one of spiritual maturing. It may lead to reconsidering my original premise. My intention is to be open, curious and unattached to what I know to be true so I can explore and honour what is yet unknown to me. Oh where might this take us? It promises to be a grand adventure.

As the sun comes close to setting on 2011, thank you so much for being and continuing to be part of my creative journey.

(image may be purchased HERE)

As we shoot for the moon…

(image may be purchased HERE)

with our arms full of flowers…

(image may be purchased HERE)

Sprout: What is currently soft and undefined in your creativity?

Seed: What new might we learn about composition? Has it changed through time? Are their histories of creativity that have handled composition with different views? These are the questions I am musing about as I begin my next painting. Let’s start with a good grounding in the basics of composition that are available on wikipedia.

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Third Salish Sea Sunday Savings

November 6, 2011November 6, 2011 / Terrill Welch / 6 Comments

Ladies and gentleman…. Take your seats please! It is time for our THIRD and final….

Salish Sea Sunday Savings event!

Drum roll. Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tttttta-T!!! Crowd Cheers. A NEW seascape calendar SEEMS TO BE splashes into the ring and waves to the audience…

(this calendar may be purchased HERE for 40% off during this event)

Now wasn’t that a nice surprise?

Thank you everyone who participated in the draw for a small 7.5 x 12 inch canvas print of AMAZEMENT

from my redbubble storefront.

Your support has been as amazing always. Cyber hugs to all of you who have shared this week’s Thursday Teaser and my photography and paintings with your networks.

The draw will be made at 4:00 pm by someone trustworthy in the near vicinity. The winner will be announced on Monday’s Creative Potager post.

NOW grab your beverage of choice, a means of payment and put your feet up!

For the next hour from 3:00 – 4:00 pm P.S.T. this Sunday, November 6, 2011

Creative Potager is hosting a sale of 40% off on the following items.

ONE original impressionist 24 X 48 inch oil on canvas painting

SALISH SEA FOUR

Regular price $3225.00 and is available until 4:00 pm for only for $1,935.00 plus shipping.

(If you have been interest in this painting, now is your chance to get it for a substantial savings of $1,290.00)

To purchase email me at tawelch@shaw.ca The purchase will go to the first email received. The best payment and shipping arrangements will be discussed at that time.

The rest of the items are all available at my redbubble online storefront…

TWO painting prints reduced by 40%

Unlimited numbers of prints are available in any format including cards to canvas prints

EAST POINT CLIFFS

(Purchased prints HERE)

ONE

(Purchased printsHERE)

THREE photography prints reduced by 40%

Unlimited numbers of prints are available in any format including cards to canvas prints.

(Purchased this print HERE)

(Purchase this print HERE)

(Purchased this print HERE)

And as promised on Thursday, the Mayne Island Tree Spirit calendar for 2012 reduced by 40%

(Purchased this calendar HERE)

All selected paintings, prints of paintings, prints of photographs and 2012 calendar will be returned to their regular price at 4:00 pm today Sunday November 6, 2011 P.S.T.

I wish you the most pleasant shopping experience and do leave a comment or email me directly at tawelch@shaw.ca if you have any questions. I will be monitoring my email and this post closely for the next hour to offer any assistance you might need.

Thank you again for participating in the all three of the Salish Sea Sunday Savings event.

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Early November afternoon by the sea

November 4, 2011November 4, 2011 / Terrill Welch / 26 Comments

I wasn’t going to take a photograph. I was just going to sit and enjoy the fine November light on the water, the call of the seagulls on the rocks and an eagle sitting overhead in a tree. I rolled down the window of my old ford pickup inhaling deeply. Saltwater, damp seaweed and snow someplace in the distant mountains obscured by cloud cover.

Then I said, “Well maybe I will just wander a bit on the shore. Oh I guess I might as well take the camera.”

As I gently closed the door of “Miss Prissy” I must admit to still denying I was going to take a photograph.

“I have so many photographs of this beach” I told myself.

But none are exactly like this one.

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Sprout Question: What resent resistance has led to a win for your creative desire?

Remember this Sunday is the third and final Salish Sea Sunday Savings event for this year. Have a read of the Third Thursday Teaser posted yesterday for the details.

And second reminder…. If it applies to you – it is also the week we go back to Standard Time.

Best of the weekend everyone!

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Second Salish Sea Sunday Savings

October 16, 2011October 17, 2011 / Terrill Welch / 12 Comments

Ladies and gentleman…. Take your seats please! It is time for our second….

Salish Sea Sunday Savings event!

Drum roll. Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tttttta-T!!! Crowd Cheers. The baby seal steps into the ring…

(image may be purchased HERE for 40% off during this event)

Got you! I did have a baby seal up my sleeve! 🙂 This little fellow and I became acquainted earlier in the week. He is kind of shy though so give him lots of room and maybe don’t cheer too loud.

Thank you everyone who participated in the draw for SIXTEEN 4 x 6 greeting cards

from my redbubble storefront.

Your support has been as amazing always. Cyber hugs to all of you who have shared this week’s Thursday Teaser and my photography and paintings with your networks.

The draw will be made at 4:00 pm by someone trustworthy in the near vicinity. The winner will be announced on Monday’s Creative Potager post.

NOW grab your beverage of choice, a means of payment and put your feet up!

For the next hour from 3:00 – 4:00 pm P.D.T. this Sunday, October 16, 2011

Creative Potager is hosting a sale of 40% off on the following items.

ONE original impressionist 10 X 10 inch oil on canvas painting

SUMMER MORNING MIST

Regular price $350.00 and is available until 4:00 pm for only for $210.00 plus shipping.

The painting also comes with an optional floating wood frame.

To purchase email me at tawelch@shaw.ca The purchase will go to the first email received. The best payment and shipping arrangements will be discussed at that time.

The rest of the items are all available at my redbubble online storefront…

TWO painting prints reduced by 40%

Unlimited numbers of prints are available in any format including cards to canvas prints

SALISH SEA FOUR

(Purchased this print HERE)

RISING

(Purchased this print HERE)

THREE photography prints reduced by 40%

Unlimited numbers of prints are available in any format including cards to canvas prints.

I am offering lots of colour today starting with one of your favourites….

Mayne Island Japanese Garden (photograph rendered as an oil painting)

(Purchased this print HERE)

And two new photographs…

autumn window in Japanese Garden

(Purchase this print HERE)

flames of fall Japanese Garden

(Purchased this print HERE)

Plus one BONUS seascape for those that might feel they were missing out on my sea and landscape photography….

Sea Mountains Clouds

(Purchased this print HERE Note: canvas prints only come in small and medium size)

And the Sea, Land & Time MAYNE ISLAND for 2012 reduced by 40%

(Purchased this calendar HERE)

All paintings, prints of paintings, prints of photographs and the Sea, Land & Time MAYNE ISLAND 2012 calendar will be returned to their regular price at 4:00 pm today Sunday October 2, 2011 P.D.T.

You don’t see that special image you were hoping would be included?

Leave a comment here on today’s Second Salish Sea Saving post with the redbubble link in the first 15 minutes of the sale – yes by 3:15 pm PDT – and I will reduce the image by 40% for you and reply to your comment when it is ready for purchase at the reduced price.

Thank you again for participating in the second Salish Sea Sunday Savings event. The next event and final event for the year will be in three weeks on Sunday November 6, 2011.

Please subscribe to this blog and if you wish to receive notice of the next event as well as twice weekly posts of new photographs and art work.

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With Colour

October 3, 2011October 3, 2011 / Terrill Welch / 22 Comments

The grayness of our west coast year is already upon us. I have an interesting photo of some seals from our Saturday outing. But they are awfully dull for how I am feeling right now. So I’m digging through my massive tickle trunk of photo folders looking for some colour. Aha! June 4, 2011.

I’m resisting the rain-soaked weather with splashes of vibrant sun feelings. The seals shall be the postage stamp at the end of this post. We are celebrating!

We have a winner of the image-wrapped copy of a little coffee table book

PRECIOUS SECONDS – Mayne Island in paintings and photographs

Drum roll please Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tttttta-T!!!…… I know you were expecting the bear from yesterday, right? No, not today either….

The winner is….. Artist Uma Sharma from Gurgaon, India. Congratulations Uma! Your book is on its way and is expected to arrive well before the end of October. Enjoy!

A little more colour? Well, why not….

Thank you everyone who participated in Creative Potager’s first Salish Sea Sunday Savings event. Your support is always deeply appreciated whether it is to purchase an original painting, photography print, calendar or card. Or to share my work with others. It all makes a difference in the life of a full-time creative being.

Also, welcome to new subscribers! Creative Potager posts generally come out on Mondays and Fridays with the odd extra post like the Salish Sea Sunday Savings event – which I have promised readers there will be three. The next one will be Sunday October 16th as next Sunday is Canadian Thanksgiving. Welcome to our lively creative community. Please join in as you wish.

And now, here are those seals…

Did you notice the one on the left? Every time a wave would come it would push its body down on the rock so as to not float off.

Sprout Question: What is the most interesting place you have ever mailed your creative work?

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First Salish Sea Sunday Savings

October 2, 2011October 2, 2011 / Terrill Welch / 11 Comments

Ladies and gentleman…. Take your seats please! It is time for our first ever….

Salish Sea Sunday Savings event!

Drum roll. Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tttttta-T!!! Crowd Cheers. The bear walks into the ring dressed in a tutu…. Just kidding….. there is no bear 🙂

First, thank you everyone who participated in the draw for

PRECIOUS SECONDS – Mayne Island in paintings and photographs.

Your support has been amazing! Thank you! Thank you!

The draw will be made at 4:00 pm by someone trustworthy in the near vicinity. The winner will be announced on Monday’s Creative Potager post.

NOW grab your beverage of choice, a means of payment and put your feet up!

For the next hour from 3:00 – 4:00 pm P.D.T. this Sunday, October 2, 2011

Creative Potager is hosting a sale of 40% off on the following items.

ONE original impressionist 8 X 10 inch oil on canvas painting

STORM COMING

Regular price $280.00 and is available until 4:00 pm for only for $168.00 plus shipping.

To purchase email me at tawelch@shaw.ca Be quick! It is not likely to last long. The purchase will go to the first email received. The best payment and shipping arrangements will be discussed at that time.

The rest of the items are all available at my redbubble online storefront…

TWO painting prints reduced by 40%

Unlimited numbers of prints are available in any format including cards to canvas prints

WINTER SUN – largest size available is a medium canvas print

(Purchased this print HERE)

SUMMER MORNING MIST – largest size available is a medium canvas print

(Purchased this print HERE)

THREE photography prints reduced by 40%

Unlimited numbers of prints are available in any format including cards to canvas prints

QUIET LEDGE – largest size available is the extra large canvas print

(Purchased this print HERE)

TRAIL ENDS WHILE DESIRE CONTINUES – largest size available is the extra large canvas print

(Purchase this print HERE)

ARBUTUS TREE IN THE FOG – largest size available is the extra large canvas print

(Purchased this print HERE)

AND A BONUS IMAGE BECAUSE I COULDN’T DECIDE ON JUST THREE…

AUGUST MIST BUILDING FIELD – largest size available is the extra large canvas print

(Purchased this print HERE)

And the STUDY OF BLUE calendar for 2012 reduced by 40%

(Purchased this calendar HERE)

All paintings, prints of paintings, prints of photographs and the STUDY OF BLUE 2012 calendar will be returned to their regular price at 4:00 pm today Sunday October 2, 2011 P.D.T.

Thank you again for participating in the first ever Salish Sea Sunday Savings event. The next event will be in two weeks as next Sunday is a the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday and I shall be taking time out to be with my family. So if you are not already, please subscribe to this blog and you will receive notice of the event as well as twice weekly posts of new photographs and art work.

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